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General Topics => General Discussion => Topic started by: QUIETShooter on December 30, 2021, 04:03:55 PM
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Hat's off to a great ammunition supplier! :shaka:
Yes, this is a plug for Kaleo. No, I don't work for this company nor do I know any of them personally.
But I appreciate their service and hope I can continue to utilize their services in the future. I've done business with them several times in the past and in all dealings everything was done professionally and with great customer service in mind.
I just received my ammo shipment and was pleased with the timely manner of delivery and the product arrived in good condition as usual.
I hope they will continue to provide this wonderful service to us here on Oahu.
The purpose of this thread besides acknowledging their outstanding service is to also encourage other members to utilize their service and for members who are already doing business with them to send them a shout out in appreciation for what they do.
I'm hoping that with positive feedback from us showing our continued support they will continue to do business with us despite obvious supply and shipment issues lately.
Thank you Jennifer!! Kaleo Arms ROCK!!!! :shaka:
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Same here. I have been using Kaleo Arms for close to 3 years now. They are awesome people with good communication. I have ordered ammo through them through their suppliers and also used their freight forwarding service to buy specialty ammo through other vendors and have Kaleo Arms ship the ammo to Hawaii. They are hands down the best I know of, and I highly recommend them.
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Same here. I have been using Kaleo Arms for close to 3 years now. They are awesome people with good communication. I have ordered ammo through them through their suppliers and also used their freight forwarding service to buy specialty ammo through other vendors and have Kaleo Arms ship the ammo to Hawaii. They are hands down the best I know of, and I highly recommend them.
I'd also like to utilize their freight forwarding service to buy specialty ammo and have them ship it along with their pallet here.
I plan to contact them and ask them how to go about it.
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I've been ordering from kaleoarms too
Great service, communication, will definitely order from them again :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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https://www.kaleoarms.com/hawaii-ammunition/order
Available at www.kaleoarms.com.
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Hat's off to a great ammunition supplier! :shaka:
Yes, this is a plug for Kaleo. No, I don't work for this company nor do I know any of them personally.
But I appreciate their service and hope I can continue to utilize their services in the future. I've done business with them several times in the past and in all dealings everything was done professionally and with great customer service in mind.
I just received my ammo shipment and was pleased with the timely manner of delivery and the product arrived in good condition as usual.
I hope they will continue to provide this wonderful service to us here on Oahu.
The purpose of this thread besides acknowledging their outstanding service is to also encourage other members to utilize their service and for members who are already doing business with them to send them a shout out in appreciation for what they do.
I'm hoping that with positive feedback from us showing our continued support they will continue to do business with us despite obvious supply and shipment issues lately.
Thank you Jennifer!! Kaleo Arms ROCK!!!! :shaka:
YES! They have been awesome. I've been ordering ammo with them or as a forwarder for many years. Excellent for ammo that were difficult to find locally (.41 Mag, match .223, etc) and more recently in the ammo shortage stuff that what has been difficult to find locally, but could find via online vendors.
Last I emailed Jen things were getting a LOT more difficult, particularly cost. Can't even imagine what it's like coordinating the numerous orders, consolidate and ensure the pallet is taken care of on timelines.
As mentioned previously, I for one am willing to pay more to keep the valuable pipeline open/operating, as well as showing Kaleo Arms some love. :thumbsup:
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so how does it work? their website is quite sparse.
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so how does it work? their website is quite sparse.
Send them an email.
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I got an email back from Jen. She said the next shipment will be at the end of January. She advised to get my order in right after the weekend of the 17th to be safe. Looks like they will be charging per lb for shipments. I believe something like $2/lb. Best to email them to confirm pricing and potential charges.
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so how does it work? their website is quite sparse.
first step is to email Jen to establish yourself, comms, find out what the timeline is.
this last shipment, the way it worked was, you order the ammo from say, Brownells, or SG Ammo, or Midway, etc, and have it shipped to Kaleo's Crary ND address. Your billing address is probably Hawaii, your shipping address is North Dakota. It's on you to make sure the ammo gets there in time for pallet consolidation. Kaleo then ships the pallet from ND to Hawaii. When it gets to Hawaii, Kaleo will send you an invoice for their (shipping) fees, you already paid for the ammo. You pay the Kaleo invoice, then they ship the ammo via UPS brown truck to your house.
Since Kaleo charges their shipping fees based on how many pounds your ammo weighs (nominally $2/lb at this time), it behooves you to find out the shipping weight of your ammo, so that you can guesstimate the total cost of the landed ammo to you, and also so you have a ball-park estimate of what your Kaleo invoice will be, money in your budget you set aside. Last months order, Kaleo was estimating $30/case. It came out to less than that for some, I don't know if it came out to more than that for others, so now they're going with $2 per pound.
Last shipment, after watching AmmoSeek daily for a while, I ordered some gucci boutique ammo from Brownells, at $1.42 per round. With sales tax, and Brownells ground shipping to Crary, I ended up paying Brownells about $1.50 per round. Had it shipped to Crary with plenty of time to spare. A case of that ammo weighed 9 lbs. Might weigh a little more if you take into account packaging, multiple cases into a bigger box. So now I would factor in $18 per case (200 rds), that would bring the CPR to about $1.59 per round. For this example, when the ammo lands, I would get an emailed invoice (with link) from Kaleo ballpark about $18 shipping per case of that gucci boutique ammo. I would pay that invoice (electronically) before the ammo is released for shipment to me.
hope this helps. or maybe TL/DR.
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first step is to email Jen to establish yourself, comms, find out what the timeline is.
this last shipment, the way it worked was, you order the ammo from say, Brownells, or SG Ammo, or Midway, etc, and have it shipped to Kaleo's Crary ND address. Your billing address is probably Hawaii, your shipping address is North Dakota. It's on you to make sure the ammo gets there in time for pallet consolidation. Kaleo then ships the pallet from ND to Hawaii. When it gets to Hawaii, Kaleo will send you an invoice for their (shipping) fees, you already paid for the ammo. You pay the Kaleo invoice, then they ship the ammo via UPS brown truck to your house.
Since Kaleo charges their shipping fees based on how many pounds your ammo weighs (nominally $2/lb at this time), it behooves you to find out the shipping weight of your ammo, so that you can guesstimate the total cost of the landed ammo to you, and also so you have a ball-park estimate of what your Kaleo invoice will be, money in your budget you set aside. Last months order, Kaleo was estimating $30/case. It came out to less than that for some, I don't know if it came out to more than that for others, so now they're going with $2 per pound.
Last shipment, after watching AmmoSeek daily for a while, I ordered some gucci boutique ammo from Brownells, at $1.42 per round. with sales tax, and Brownells ground shipping to Crary, I ended up paying Brownells about $1.50 per round. Had it shipped to Crary with plenty of time to spare. A case of that ammo weighed 9 lbs. Might weigh a little more if you take into account packaging, multiple cases into a bigger box. So now I would factor in $18 per case (200 rds), that would bring the CPR to about $1.59 per round. For this example, when the ammo lands, I would get an emailed invoice (with link) from Kaleo ballpark about $18 shipping per case of that gucci boutique ammo. I would pay that invoice (electronically) before the ammo is released for shipment to me.
hope this helps. or maybe TL/DR.
Much appreciated. :thumbsup:
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every time I've ordered, they have provided ammo that I can't find here or is cheaper than I can find here
they provide a great service for ammo :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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first step is to email Jen to establish yourself, comms, find out what the timeline is.
this last shipment, the way it worked was, you order the ammo from say, Brownells, or SG Ammo, or Midway, etc, and have it shipped to Kaleo's Crary ND address. Your billing address is probably Hawaii, your shipping address is North Dakota. It's on you to make sure the ammo gets there in time for pallet consolidation. Kaleo then ships the pallet from ND to Hawaii. When it gets to Hawaii, Kaleo will send you an invoice for their (shipping) fees, you already paid for the ammo. You pay the Kaleo invoice, then they ship the ammo via UPS brown truck to your house.
Since Kaleo charges their shipping fees based on how many pounds your ammo weighs (nominally $2/lb at this time), it behooves you to find out the shipping weight of your ammo, so that you can guesstimate the total cost of the landed ammo to you, and also so you have a ball-park estimate of what your Kaleo invoice will be, money in your budget you set aside. Last months order, Kaleo was estimating $30/case. It came out to less than that for some, I don't know if it came out to more than that for others, so now they're going with $2 per pound.
Last shipment, after watching AmmoSeek daily for a while, I ordered some gucci boutique ammo from Brownells, at $1.42 per round. with sales tax, and Brownells ground shipping to Crary, I ended up paying Brownells about $1.50 per round. Had it shipped to Crary with plenty of time to spare. A case of that ammo weighed 9 lbs. Might weigh a little more if you take into account packaging, multiple cases into a bigger box. So now I would factor in $18 per case (200 rds), that would bring the CPR to about $1.59 per round. For this example, when the ammo lands, I would get an emailed invoice (with link) from Kaleo ballpark about $18 shipping per case of that gucci boutique ammo. I would pay that invoice (electronically) before the ammo is released for shipment to me.
hope this helps. or maybe TL/DR.
Thanks! :shaka:
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$2-3, even more, per lb is well worth it. At least for me. Hope that keeps things worth while for Kaleo Arms :shaka:
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first step is to email Jen to establish yourself, comms, find out what the timeline is.
this last shipment, the way it worked was, you order the ammo from say, Brownells, or SG Ammo, or Midway, etc, and have it shipped to Kaleo's Crary ND address. Your billing address is probably Hawaii, your shipping address is North Dakota. It's on you to make sure the ammo gets there in time for pallet consolidation. Kaleo then ships the pallet from ND to Hawaii. When it gets to Hawaii, Kaleo will send you an invoice for their (shipping) fees, you already paid for the ammo. You pay the Kaleo invoice, then they ship the ammo via UPS brown truck to your house.
Since Kaleo charges their shipping fees based on how many pounds your ammo weighs (nominally $2/lb at this time), it behooves you to find out the shipping weight of your ammo, so that you can guesstimate the total cost of the landed ammo to you, and also so you have a ball-park estimate of what your Kaleo invoice will be, money in your budget you set aside. Last months order, Kaleo was estimating $30/case. It came out to less than that for some, I don't know if it came out to more than that for others, so now they're going with $2 per pound.
Last shipment, after watching AmmoSeek daily for a while, I ordered some gucci boutique ammo from Brownells, at $1.42 per round. with sales tax, and Brownells ground shipping to Crary, I ended up paying Brownells about $1.50 per round. Had it shipped to Crary with plenty of time to spare. A case of that ammo weighed 9 lbs. Might weigh a little more if you take into account packaging, multiple cases into a bigger box. So now I would factor in $18 per case (200 rds), that would bring the CPR to about $1.59 per round. For this example, when the ammo lands, I would get an emailed invoice (with link) from Kaleo ballpark about $18 shipping per case of that gucci boutique ammo. I would pay that invoice (electronically) before the ammo is released for shipment to me.
hope this helps. or maybe TL/DR.
Very informative post. :thumbsup: Thanks for sharing.
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$2-3, even more, per lb is well worth it. At least for me. Hope that keeps things worth while for Kaleo Arms :shaka:
I feel the same way. They provide an invaluable service. I hope they can continue to conduct business. Wish them the best and an ever increasing customer base. :thumbsup:
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to figure out the shipping weight of ammo, I've been using the MidwayUSA site for the source of that information nugget. if the ammo you're considering from another vendor is listed at Midway, even if out-of-stock, Midway (Larry Potterfield) shows the shipping weight. Helps to get a handle on the prospective shipping costs of candidate ammo, so you know approximately what the total cost of the ammo you're considering would be, before you make the purchase decision from, say, Target Sports, or LAX Ammo, etc.
You really ought to have a handle on the ammo vendors shipping costs, sales tax, handling fees, and the Kaleo shipping costs, i.e. all the costs, in order to make an informed decision on how to spend your hard-earned money.
for example:
500 rds of 77gr 5.56 weighs about 17 lbs
500 rds of 180gr 10mm Auto weighs about 20 lbs
500rds of 147gr 308 weighs about 30 lbs
200rds of 175gr 308 weighs about 13 lbs
"and so on, and so forth" as the professors used to say with a dismissive wave of the hand.
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Hello 2A crew,
Is the best way to contact Kaleo Arms the "Contact Us" link on the website or was there a better email address that I can use?
thanks in advance!
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Hello 2A crew,
Is the best way to contact Kaleo Arms the "Contact Us" link on the website or was there a better email address that I can use?
thanks in advance!
Here you go:
admin@kaleoarms.com
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Here you go:
admin@kaleoarms.com
Thank you sir! :thumbsup:
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Just thought I’d add that I’ve successfully ordered ammo, and had it delivered to Crary, from Brownells, Midway, SG Ammo, White Birch Armory, and Target Sports. So far.
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Have a few orders this month with Kaleo Arms. 2 orders for .22 lr and one for some 6.5 CM. Can’t wait till end of the month.
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FWIW, Kaleo has some 9mm, 5.56, 22LR and some 7.62x39 listed on their web page, their March pallet. shipping included, plus tax.
https://www.kaleoarms.com/hawaii-ammunition/order (https://www.kaleoarms.com/hawaii-ammunition/order)
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Trying to figure out which mainland dealers to use as first ammo source. Midway has a good rating on ammoseek.com, but a low rating on Trustpilot and BBB. Selway Armory (Missoula, Montana) has a good rating on ammoseek, yelp, and facebook. Their website is not set up as professionally as Midway. How do you decide which place to give your business?
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IMO, Midway is GTG. I'm sure Midway gets a lot of complaints from Karens that the AR-Stoner stuff isn't KAC/LMT quality. :wacko:
it sounds like, from your research, that Selway is also GTG. I'll have to check them out.
for me, web site sophistication is not a selling factor, as long as they show correct in-stock, out-of-stock, and order status, shipping details under one of the tabs for my online account. smaller ammo-specific houses are not going to have the IT, web developer budgets that the big shooting mega-supermarket emporiums have. That's cost savings that hopefully gets passed on to the customer.
shipment turn-around time would be a factor if i'm trying to get it delivered to Crary ND before the announced Kaleo cut-off date, so can't have 14-days before they ship it if you're 10 days out.
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Trying to figure out which mainland dealers to use as first ammo source. Midway has a good rating on ammoseek.com, but a low rating on Trustpilot and BBB. Selway Armory (Missoula, Montana) has a good rating on ammoseek, yelp, and facebook. Their website is not set up as professionally as Midway. How do you decide which place to give your business?
SGammo is awesome. And most cases of ammo and I think most orders of $200 or more ship for free right now. I have used them multiple times to ship ammo to Kaleo arms in North Dakota and then to Hawaii. SG ammo is very reputable and has a lot of unique single lot government contract overrun ammo that is top notch. And a ton of specialty ammo and lots of options for good mil-spec sealed case mouth/primer ammo. SGammo runs live inventory and actually right now with the way ammo availability is SGammo removes the link so you can’t even see the item link/webpage if it is out of stock.
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Thanks guys, for sharing information about on-line ammunition suppliers. Good to hear first hand input as to the reliability and credibility of ammo suppliers. :shaka:
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SGammo is awesome. And most cases of ammo and I think most orders of $200 or more ship for free right now. I have used them multiple times to ship ammo to Kaleo arms in North Dakota and then to Hawaii.
They seem to have very good reviews on the web, with a 4.3/5 rating on Trustpilot, one of the toughest business rating organizations around. I was unable to use SGAmmo for Eley Match and Tenex ammo. Hawaii residents have to pay sales tax and UPS ground shipping to ND for the rarer ammo's. Let me tell you that Barrett .50 BMG is the hardest ammo to find for a production rifle, and I had to use Selway Armory to procure this. The price of being a gun enthusiast in HI is unbelievable.
Jennifer emailed me that her company will be at the September gun show at Blaisdell.
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got my ammo! ;D
thank you Kaleo! :shaka:
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just got my delivery on the July pallet. For this order, I ordered from Brownells, Sportsman Fullfillment, Midsouth Shooters Supply, LAX Ammunition, and Recoil Gunworks, delivered to Crary, ND. all ammo buys found using the AmmoSeek tool. All successful purchases, deliveries.
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just got my delivery on the July pallet. For this order, I ordered from Brownells, Sportsman Fullfillment, Midsouth Shooters Supply, LAX Ammunition, and Recoil Gunworks, delivered to Crary, ND. all ammo buys found using the AmmoSeek tool. All successful purchases, deliveries.
Awesome! What did you get from LAX Ammunition? Did you use code "GarandThumb" ;D
Kaleo Arms is awesome. I haven't put in an order for the last two shipments. Getting withdrawals.
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Awesome! What did you get from LAX Ammunition? Did you use code "GarandThumb" ;D
Kaleo Arms is awesome. I haven't put in an order for the last two shipments. Getting withdrawals.
didn't know about the GT promo code, shucks. got some Hornady 6.5CM from LAX Ammo, not cheap, but at least available, and better priced than other places. Then I found out that Recoil Gunworks had the same price, but free shipping (to Crary), ouch! kinda adopting the mind set that you gotta get what you can get, when you can get it. AmmoSeek helps in the "shopping around", starting to use the price alerts on that search tool. The "decent-priced" ammo gets sold-out quickly, can't even call it "good-priced" because of price inflation.
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didn't know about the GT promo code, shucks. got some Hornady 6.5CM from LAX Ammo, not cheap, but at least available, and better priced than other places. Then I found out that Recoil Gunworks had the same price, but free shipping (to Crary), ouch! kinda adopting the mind set that you gotta get what you can get, when you can get it. AmmoSeek helps in the "shopping around", starting to use the price alerts on that search tool. The "decent-priced" ammo gets sold-out quickly, can't even call it "good-priced" because of price inflation.
Ahh, 6.5 CM. I had bought a bunch of Hornady 140gr ELD-M and some Berger from a variety of suppliers. One was Creedmoor Sports. Yeah, you get what you get. 6.5 CM ammo, especially Berger, is touch to get. Plus some companies still enforcing limits.
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Average shipping cost to have ammo sent here through them?
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Average shipping cost to have ammo sent here through them?
it's hard to say because I don't have a per-item breakdown (nor do I want one if it's going to result in more cost overhead). I also don't know the shipping weights of the ammo, because some vendors get discounted shipping, some have free shipping (if you shop around). UPS/Fedex don't always provide the accurate shipping wt. This last shipment, I was a little worried because UPS said the box they were shipping to Crary only weighed 2#. for a case of 6.5CM. Thought I was in for a surprise, paid for a case, getting a box? But no, that's how they did the shipping discount. It was a full case definitely more than 10#. sigh-of-relief.
it's going to vary depending on the current shipping cost, fuel cost, size of the shipment, etc. I'm guessing about $2.50 a pound at this time, +/-. So I'm guessing an 11-pound case of 6.5CM (200rds) costed me an additional $28 (appx) for the Kaleo service. Next shipment might be more, probably won't be less, FJB. When you order the ammo, your credit card pays for shipping, tax to get it to Crary ND. When the pallet lands in HI, Kaleo sends you their on-line bill for your stuff, lump sum, one line-item, one number.
I guess it comes down to, is the ammo you want available locally? and at what price? if it's not available locally at all, now you have a ball-park estimate of how much it'll cost, landed, to your house.
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I was able to get a case of 9mm from them a while ago, but was a dead end when I inquired about getting other ammo. I know they're pretty busy and most of the time Jen is responsive with the emails.
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I was able to get a case of 9mm from them a while ago, but was a dead end when I inquired about getting other ammo. I know they're pretty busy and most of the time Jen is responsive with the emails.
i think that due to the volatility of todays ammo market, the process has changed. Instead of Jen finding the ammo you want for you (e.g. Personal Buyer), now, you find the ammo you want (you can use AmmoSeek), and you purchase it from the vendor (e.g. Brownells, Midway, SG Ammo, etc), and use Kaleo Crary ND as your shipping address (i.e. Ammo Freight Forwarder). Attractively-priced ammo sells out quickly on the mainland, too quickly for the quote-response system to work, IMHO.
when Kaleo brings in a pallet, sometimes they bring in a few cases of high demand ammo and list it on their web-page.
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i think that due to the volatility of todays ammo market, the process has changed. Instead of Jen finding the ammo you want for you (e.g. Personal Buyer), now, you find the ammo you want (you can use AmmoSeek), and you purchase it from the vendor (e.g. Brownells, Midway, SG Ammo, etc), and use Kaleo Crary ND as your shipping address (i.e. Ammo Freight Forwarder). Attractively-priced ammo sells out quickly on the mainland, too quickly for the quote-response system to work, IMHO.
when Kaleo brings in a pallet, sometimes they bring in a few cases of high demand ammo and list it on their web-page.
I picked up a few cases of those "high demand" ammo on their website a few times
Kaleo Arms is a great service that no other ammo supplier provides here in Hawaii
I've also done pre orders too
Kaleo Arms gets 2 thumbs way up! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Kaleo Arms provide an essential pipeline to get ammo when LGS can’t or aren’t willing to provide. The ship to them is a great option and provides flexibility to shop around for what one wants/needs, especially sales. The cost have jumped, but commensurate to shipping and logistics cost inflation. Additionally, I am personally willing to pay a premium to keep the service going.
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I hope Kaleo continues to service Hawaii's 2a community with an alternative way to obtain ammunition when the LGS cannot accommodate.
Being how anti-2a Hawaii is, it's great that there are suppliers like Kaleo Arms that can provide ways to obtain ammunition despite the communist regime we currently suffer under.
Very happy to see many members here support Kaleo Arms. :shaka:
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i think that due to the volatility of todays ammo market, the process has changed. Instead of Jen finding the ammo you want for you (e.g. Personal Buyer), now, you find the ammo you want (you can use AmmoSeek), and you purchase it from the vendor (e.g. Brownells, Midway, SG Ammo, etc), and use Kaleo Crary ND as your shipping address (i.e. Ammo Freight Forwarder). Attractively-priced ammo sells out quickly on the mainland, too quickly for the quote-response system to work, IMHO.
when Kaleo brings in a pallet, sometimes they bring in a few cases of high demand ammo and list it on their web-page.
Maybe it was the wording in the email being too vague. I asked about their freight forwarding so I can get the address, but never got a response.
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when Kaleo brings in a pallet, sometimes they bring in a few cases of high demand ammo and list it on their web-page.
Yeah, just out of curiosity I checked their webpage this past Tuesday and saw they brought in some cases of Federal Match Grade .22LR.
So I immediately bought a case without checking with the boss (wife). :rofl: When I sheepishly told her what I did she exclaimed WTF? But then when she found out I bought from Kaleo she was ok with it since she knows I like doing business with Kaleo. ;D
The case came in yesterday (Friday). :shaka:
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Yeah, just out of curiosity I checked their webpage this past Tuesday and saw they brought in some cases of Federal Match Grade .22LR.
So I immediately bought a case without checking with the boss (wife). :rofl: When I sheepishly told her what I did she exclaimed WTF? But then when she found out I bought from Kaleo she was ok with it since she knows I like doing business with Kaleo. ;D
The case came in yesterday (Friday). :shaka:
Always good to have a surplus of 22. Or any ammo. :shaka:
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Always good to have a surplus of 22. Or any ammo. :shaka:
Roger that, Stang. :thumbsup:
I got a bit laxed while Trump was our president and didn't buy ammo to replenish my stock. Prices were super reasonable and ammo was widely available.
Then came the "pandemic" and an idiot took hold of the White House. Ammo became scarce and expensive which caught me with my pants down.
I'm pretty good now with ammo stocks, but vowed never to let that happen to me again. Whenever the prices are reasonable I will buy instead of procrastinating. :shaka:
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https://www.kaleoarms.com/
new website :thumbsup:
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https://www.kaleoarms.com/
new website :thumbsup:
Thank you Brother Stang, for this info. :thumbsup:
But has anyone else have problems when you try to click on Kaleo's Ammunition link to see if they have anything for purchase.
Seems like the internet is blocking it somehow.
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Thank you Brother Stang, for this info. :thumbsup:
But has anyone else have problems when you try to click on Kaleo's Ammunition link to see if they have anything for purchase.
Seems like the internet is blocking it somehow.
I saw 9 and .45 acp. If any questions, recommend emailing them (Jennifer).
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https://www.kaleoarms.com/hawaii-ammunition/hawaii-ammunition-31-6659 (https://www.kaleoarms.com/hawaii-ammunition/hawaii-ammunition-31-6659)
currently shows 9mm and 45ACP.
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they don't carry ammo in stock
this was on the pallet for the gun show, but arrived late
normally, you just contact them with what you want or order something and ship it to north dakota, where they put it on a pallet for delivery to HI
Thank you Brother Stang, for this info. :thumbsup:
But has anyone else have problems when you try to click on Kaleo's Ammunition link to see if they have anything for purchase.
Seems like the internet is blocking it somehow.
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https://www.kaleoarms.com/hawaii-ammunition/hawaii-ammunition-31-6659 (https://www.kaleoarms.com/hawaii-ammunition/hawaii-ammunition-31-6659)
currently shows 9mm and 45ACP.
Thank you. I saved that link you provided. When I click on the link on their homepage for some reason it gets blocked.
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they don't carry ammo in stock
this was on the pallet for the gun show, but arrived late
normally, you just contact them with what you want or order something and ship it to north dakota, where they put it on a pallet for delivery to HI
:thumbsup: Thanks.
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my most recent purchases were from Riverton Munitions, Kosher Surplus, and repeat from SG Ammo. All successful, no problems. Vendors were chosen using AmmoSeek.
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sometimes they have left over ammo and they list it on their website
I've bought a few times where the ammo was listed on their website, I think it was 22, 9mm, and something else I forget
so I would give an edumacated guess that the 9mm and 45acp they have in stock, maybe left over from their gun show pallet :shaka:
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sometimes they have left over ammo and they list it on their website
I've bought a few times where the ammo was listed on their website, I think it was 22, 9mm, and something else I forget
so I would give an edumacated guess that the 9mm and 45acp they have in stock, maybe left over from their gun show pallet :shaka:
I've done the same numerous times in the past. My current stock of 9 is "decent", and was quite tempted to pick up some. I have components to roll quite a bit of my own 9, but kinda low on motivation right now. . .
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so I would give an edumacated guess that the 9mm and 45acp they have in stock, maybe left over from their gun show pallet :shaka:
There was some .223/5.56 that was for sale also, but looks like they took down the listing. Maybe sold out.
I made an order and haven't received it or shipping notification, so I'm assuming they're still waiting on the pallet.
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There was some .223/5.56 that was for sale also, but looks like they took down the listing. Maybe sold out.
I made an order and haven't received it or shipping notification, so I'm assuming they're still waiting on the pallet.
@WTF?Shane
did you order it off of Kaleo's web site from their gunshow left-overs? or did you place an order with a mainland vendor and have it shipped to North Dakota? just curious.
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@WTF?Shane
did you order it off of Kaleo's web site from their gunshow left-overs? or did you place an order with a mainland vendor and have it shipped to North Dakota? just curious.
It was the gun show ammo listed on the website for sale.
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UPS driver stopped by and delivered my ammo last night. :thumbsup:
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new features on their website. I haven't ordered any ammo lately bc kokohead closed. but now looks like can order firearms. bottom of page says gunsmithing and cerakote coming soon
https://www.kaleoarms.com/
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new features on their website. I haven't ordered any ammo lately bc kokohead closed. but now looks like can order firearms. bottom of page says gunsmithing and cerakote coming soon
https://www.kaleoarms.com/
:shaka: :thumbsup:
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Anyone heard from Kaleo Arms recently. Their website changed and I don’t see any ammo or reference to shipping to Hawaii. I was looking at possibly ordering some ammo and shipping over.
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Ammo should be fully operational. Maybe once every other month a pallet gets shipped to HI
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I heard they never ship since March????
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I heard they never ship since March????
not true. I have some ammo in-bound via Kaleo. shipped from Crary ND in May.
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Ammo should be fully operational. Maybe once every other month a pallet gets shipped to HI
I don’t see the ammo tab on their website, I recall seeing it in the past but it looks like it’s gone now
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Talked to Jennifer…one more shipment for 2023 shipping in July. There’s some changes and she’ll need to work out details on how future moves could be arranged. Hopefully she can continue the service
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Talked to Jennifer…one more shipment for 2023 shipping in July. There’s some changes and she’ll need to work out details on how future moves could be arranged. Hopefully she can continue the service
I haven't ordered in a while, but they def offer a valuable option for us. Hope they continue.
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Hi all! So we had a pallet that arrived last week, but before that, March was the last pallet. My brother has been helping me with the pallets that I haven't been on island for. He decided to get married next year :crazy: lol and will probably be moving to the mainland. So I'm working out the logistics of future pallets. For now, I know we will ship a pallet in the end of July and probably another in late September or October depending on if the gun show is being held. Going forward, its looking like it will be quarterly pallets. Ocean shipping is most economical when it's a dense cube (heavy weight, small dimensions) and because everything else in life has gotten so much more expensive this past year, people across the board are being more conservative with their ammo purchases which we totally understand. That's actually one of the reasons why we've moved more into gun coatings (Cerakote, gun candy etc). At any rate, we'll continue in some form... might just be a little more dispersed shipments, but we'll figure something out. - Jen
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:shaka: :worship: :geekdanc: :thumbsup: O0
Hi all! So we had a pallet that arrived last week, but before that, March was the last pallet. My brother has been helping me with the pallets that I haven't been on island for. He decided to get married next year :crazy: lol and will probably be moving to the mainland. So I'm working out the logistics of future pallets. For now, I know we will ship a pallet in the end of July and probably another in late September or October depending on if the gun show is being held. Going forward, its looking like it will be quarterly pallets. Ocean shipping is most economical when it's a dense cube (heavy weight, small dimensions) and because everything else in life has gotten so much more expensive this past year, people across the board are being more conservative with their ammo purchases which we totally understand. That's actually one of the reasons why we've moved more into gun coatings (Cerakote, gun candy etc). At any rate, we'll continue in some form... might just be a little more dispersed shipments, but we'll figure something out. - Jen
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Hi all! So we had a pallet that arrived last week, but before that, March was the last pallet. My brother has been helping me with the pallets that I haven't been on island for. He decided to get married next year :crazy: lol and will probably be moving to the mainland. So I'm working out the logistics of future pallets. For now, I know we will ship a pallet in the end of July and probably another in late September or October depending on if the gun show is being held. Going forward, its looking like it will be quarterly pallets. Ocean shipping is most economical when it's a dense cube (heavy weight, small dimensions) and because everything else in life has gotten so much more expensive this past year, people across the board are being more conservative with their ammo purchases which we totally understand. That's actually one of the reasons why we've moved more into gun coatings (Cerakote, gun candy etc). At any rate, we'll continue in some form... might just be a little more dispersed shipments, but we'll figure something out. - Jen
Appreciate you guys!
Are the orders for the July pallet already closed?
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Appreciate you guys!
Are the orders for the July pallet already closed?
Not yet. Can pm.
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Appreciate you guys!
Are the orders for the July pallet already closed?
@Kai223
see my post on p.1 of this thread, reply #9. AFAIK, that's still the "modus operandi". Other than the specific garden-variety ammo that Kaleo brings in for gun shows.
You look at your ammo fort and figure where you are deficient, then you go to ammoseek or other adverts, to find the best price for the specific ammo you want, from a vendor you want to do business with, and place the order and buy the ammo, including the cost of ground shipment to North Dakota. It pays to shop around. Most places will also charge Hawaii state sales tax.
as long as the ammo gets delivered to Crary ND before the pallet cut-off date, currently sometime in July (contact Jen for specifics), it will get consolidated with everybody else's order for shipment to Hawaii. Please take into account that ammo delivery on the mainland from the vendor to Kaleo in ND is via truck (ground shipment), so factor in that delivery time to insure your ammo gets delivered BEFORE the pallet cut-off. otherwise it'll be the on the next pallet, months later.
Also realize that Crary ND is not on the west coast, so after the pallet cut-off date, all the ammo has to be consolidated and wrapped up for shipment, put a bow on top of it, and then it gets put on a truck (ground shipment again) for delivery to The Coast, and the truck sort of meanders its' way across the US to a port, and then gets scheduled for boat shipment. Long story short, it's usually a month (or two) before the ammo shows up at your door step. example: for the last pallet, I ordered stuff last week of April to meet the May pallet cut-off. Delivery to me will be next week, i.e. end-June. Been doing this for years, now.
Ammo only, no powder, no primers. Those require different HAZMAT shipping protocols that Kaleo is just not geared up for, as I understand it. IMHO, it behooves you to order case lots of ammo, to help with pallet density as Jen mentioned above, and to also reduce your per-unit shipping costs.
just be aware, with most mainland vendors, since your billing address is probably in Hawaii, and your shipping address is in North Dakota, and it's your first time ordering with them and they don't know you from Adam, there may be a required phone call, to talk in person with the vendors customer service rep, to insure this isn't CC fraud and to establish your bona fides.
hope this helps.
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@Kai223
see my post on p.1 of this thread, reply #9. AFAIK, that's still the "modus operandi". Other than the specific garden-variety ammo that Kaleo brings in for gun shows.
You look at your ammo fort and figure where you are deficient, then you go to ammoseek or other adverts, to find the best price for the specific ammo you want, from a vendor you want to do business with, and place the order and buy the ammo, including the cost of ground shipment to North Dakota. It pays to shop around. Most places will also charge Hawaii state sales tax.
as long as the ammo gets delivered to Crary ND before the pallet cut-off date, currently sometime in July (contact Jen for specifics), it will get consolidated with everybody else's order for shipment to Hawaii. Please take into account that ammo delivery on the mainland from the vendor to Kaleo in ND is via truck (ground shipment), so factor in that delivery time to insure your ammo gets delivered BEFORE the pallet cut-off. otherwise it'll be the on the next pallet, months later.
Also realize that Crary ND is not on the west coast, so after the pallet cut-off date, all the ammo has to be consolidated and wrapped up for shipment, put a bow on top of it, and then it gets put on a truck (ground shipment again) for delivery to The Coast, and the truck sort of meanders its' way across the US to a port, and then gets scheduled for boat shipment. Long story short, it's usually a month (or two) before the ammo shows up at your door step. example: for the last pallet, I ordered stuff last week of April to meet the May pallet cut-off. Delivery to me will be next week, i.e. end-June. Been doing this for years, now.
Ammo only, no powder, no primers. Those require different HAZMAT shipping protocols that Kaleo is just not geared up for, as I understand it. IMHO, it behooves you to order case lots of ammo, to help with pallet density as Jen mentioned above, and to also reduce your per-unit shipping costs.
just be aware, with most mainland vendors, since your billing address is probably in Hawaii, and your shipping address is in North Dakota, and it's your first time ordering with them and they don't know you from Adam, there may be a required phone call, to talk in person with the vendors customer service rep, to insure this isn't CC fraud and to establish your bona fides.
hope this helps.
Appreciate you sharing this information. I hope Kaleo continues to provide this service. Of course I'm hoping more people get interested in buying ammunition this way and makes it a win-win for both customers and Kaleo.
Although I haven't ordered ammo ala carte by freight forwarding to Crary ND, I've ordered bulk ammo from Kaleo in the past and appreciated their commitment to acquiring the best pricing and customer service.
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just got the bad news email, Jen said that their ocean trans-shipper closed up (unexpectedly), so that the pallet that's currently enroute will be the last pallet. tentatively scheduled to arrive mid-Sept.
Jen said that other shippers charge 2-3 times as much, about $5 to $6 a pound, as compared to the current appx $2 per pound. So Kaleo is suspending their Hawaii ammo freight-forwarding business.
maybe in the future, some other avenue might open up. Jen said they are looking...
now I wish I had ordered more on that last pallet. :(
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just got the bad news email, Jen said that their ocean trans-shipper closed up (unexpectedly), so that the pallet that's currently enroute will be the last pallet. tentatively scheduled to arrive mid-Sept.
Jen said that other shippers charge 2-3 times as much, about $5 to $6 a pound, as compared to the current appx $2 per pound. So Kaleo is suspending their Hawaii ammo freight-forwarding business.
maybe in the future, some other avenue might open up. Jen said they are looking...
now I wish I had ordered more on that last pallet. :(
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Wishing them well. Hope there will be other opportunities for them in the future. Thank you Kaleo Arms for what you have been doing for the 2a community in the past. :shaka:
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that's too bad. sorry to hear the news
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just got the bad news email, Jen said that their ocean trans-shipper closed up (unexpectedly), so that the pallet that's currently enroute will be the last pallet. tentatively scheduled to arrive mid-Sept.
Jen said that other shippers charge 2-3 times as much, about $5 to $6 a pound, as compared to the current appx $2 per pound. So Kaleo is suspending their Hawaii ammo freight-forwarding business.
maybe in the future, some other avenue might open up. Jen said they are looking...
now I wish I had ordered more on that last pallet. :(
Sonofa. . . :(
Hope you got a good amount on the current/last shipment. :shaka:
Jen and Kaleo provided excellent service for us for many years. Beyond just being good people, going way out of their way to help many times.
Understand things may not be feasible. Think things were teetering that way for a while. Hopefully they can find other options. Personally, I would be ok with paying a bit higher premium, which I've conveyed to Jen many times. Happy to help support them. :thumbsup:
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I'm sure the shutdown of KHSC did not help Kaleo or the LGS also.
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just got the bad news email, Jen said that their ocean trans-shipper closed up (unexpectedly), so that the pallet that's currently enroute will be the last pallet. tentatively scheduled to arrive mid-Sept.
Jen said that other shippers charge 2-3 times as much, about $5 to $6 a pound, as compared to the current appx $2 per pound. So Kaleo is suspending their Hawaii ammo freight-forwarding business.
maybe in the future, some other avenue might open up. Jen said they are looking...
now I wish I had ordered more on that last pallet. :(
just FWIW, got an email from Jen, they've lined up transport again, should be about $2 per pound. She said they're planning a shipment in January, trying to avoid the holiday shipping flurry. Same ND address.
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just FWIW, got an email from Jen, they've lined up transport again, should be about $2 per pound. She said they're planning a shipment in January, trying to avoid the holiday shipping flurry. Same ND address.
I got the same email. I am stoked they are back up and running.
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just FWIW, got an email from Jen, they've lined up transport again, should be about $2 per pound. She said they're planning a shipment in January, trying to avoid the holiday shipping flurry. Same ND address.
That's excellent! Will have to keep an eye on sales or other ammo "needs".
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Hi all! Ah the joys of shipping to Hawaii, haha. Thank you all for the kind words, and we are happy to have found another shipping avenue.
On an unrelated note... our gmail based email is not playing nicely with hawaii.rr.com emails. I tried to send a couple replies to those emails and they bounced back to us. I'm still trying to figure out why (I think its a setting on our end). In the meanwhile, please resend with another email or send PM here. Sorry! We're not ignoring you (promise)
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just FWIW, got an email from Jen, they've lined up transport again, should be about $2 per pound. She said they're planning a shipment in January, trying to avoid the holiday shipping flurry. Same ND address.
I got the same email. I am stoked they are back up and running.
That's excellent! Will have to keep an eye on sales or other ammo "needs".
So far I sent 3 orders to Kaleo from 3 different suppliers! :shaka:
Hope you guys are checking your ammo inventory!
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#metoo ;D
kinda leisurely since we got 2-3 months this time around (starting from when we got the announcement) to spread it out over.
so far, I've ordered from SGAmmo, and Recoil Gunworks.
the order-before (recent Sept delivery), I've also boughten from Rivertown Munitions, Able's Ammo, Bereli, Target Sports, and Brownells. AmmoSeek is your friend, pay attention to sales tax and S&H.
for the rookies out there, as I've said before, if it's your first time ordering from a vendor, they'll want to verify your bonafides with a follow-up phone call, since so much CC fraud out there, shipping to an address other than your billing address. For this reason, I tend to re-order from those vendors I've already established with.
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next pallet leaves Crary ND October (2025). approximately quarterly shipments.
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Thanks everyone for this super helpful thread!!!!
Being a newbie to M14 ownership, I’m always worried about 7.62NATO availability here - this is great news to me with respect to feeding my habit >:D
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nvm went off-topic. posted in your other thread.
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next pallet leaving Crary ND on-or-about May 10th (2026).
and apparently there's a pallet in transit "as we speak".